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I'm excited to play it next week. I feel the complaints are being overly dramatic. I'm sure they can be easily fixed with a patch in a few weeks if they really are THAT bad. I've heard from people that the combat is the best it's ever been.

To be honest I haven't had any problems, from what I've played it's been excellent. Only small complaint I have is the optional missions, I wanted to do them all but did a main story instead by mistake and couldn't go back to the optional objective. I get not everyone will like the game, but after playing it I can't understand the extend of the hate towards it.

My time ran out but I think I just about got as far as where the trial ends anyway.
Well I must do a complete U-turn and say this game is amazing! I restarted again as a male Ryder and the character model and voice acting were much more realistic this time compared to my first try.
The game ended abruptly once my time ran out so I hope it has saved from exactly where I was.
Now I just need to decide which version of the game to fork out for.

My time ran out but I think I just about got as far as where the trial ends anyway.
Well I must do a complete U-turn and say this game is amazing! I restarted again as a male Ryder and the character model and voice acting were much more realistic this time compared to my first try.
The game ended abruptly once my time ran out so I hope it has saved from exactly where I was.
Now I just need to decide which version of the game to fork out for.

Bioware GM Aaron Flynn has been forced to make a public announcement after so-called Mass Effect "fans" have gone after a woman they believe to be responsible for the character animations in Andromeda. They have hurled sexist and misogynistic insults at her and it's pretty disgusting. This is EXACTLY what I meant earlier when I said people will try to drag the game down because they hate Bioware for their outspoken social and liberal views as a company. "fans" now hate the game because they feel "punished" for being straight. There are sites out there that organised people to attack companies for having left-wing views and Bioware is one of these companies in their cross hairs.

Bioware GM Aaron Flynn has been forced to make a public announcement after so-called Mass Effect "fans" have gone after a woman they believe to be responsible for the character animations in Andromeda. They have hurled sexist and misogynistic insults at her and it's pretty disgusting. This is EXACTLY what I meant earlier when I said people will try to drag the game down because they hate Bioware for their outspoken social and liberal views as a company. "fans" now hate the game because they feel "punished" for being straight. There are sites out there that organised people to attack companies for having left-wing views and Bioware is one of these companies in their cross hairs.

All these game haters on the net make me sick, I'll be honest, this forum is the only gaming forum I go to (not strictly true), not because its super current and popular but because there are no utter nut jobs on here.

Just to say something on topic, I've watched videos of this game (high quality) and it looks mighty fine to me, I'm not really a Mass Effect person so probably won't be picking this up.

Bioware GM Aaron Flynn has been forced to make a public announcement after so-called Mass Effect "fans" have gone after a woman they believe to be responsible for the character animations in Andromeda. They have hurled sexist and misogynistic insults at her and it's pretty disgusting. This is EXACTLY what I meant earlier when I said people will try to drag the game down because they hate Bioware for their outspoken social and liberal views as a company. "fans" now hate the game because they feel "punished" for being straight. There are sites out there that organised people to attack companies for having left-wing views and Bioware is one of these companies in their cross hairs.

Check out the official Bioware twitter for Aaron's statement.

Jeez. That's awful. Bloody Gamergate types. Grr.

As per usual, "GamerGate dun it" - the convenient boogeyman for anything we wish to pin blame on. If you had bothered doing any research into the reaction of outing the individual concerned, you would have noticed that many supporters of ethical games journalism CONDEMNED that behaviour. The main subform on Reddit for GamerGate discussion has a very long thread full of people condemning what happened.

according to Kotaku, the abuse started on a Gamergate-tied website. MC_Satan is only repeating what has been reported by other gaming outlets and doesn't deserve the condescending reply.

The behavior of these people is absolutely disgusting and they (and others) only do it because they can hide behind the anonymity of the internet. If people believe that ONE PERSON is sorely responsible for the animations in a AAA game, then they are even more stupid than I thought.

The reviews I've read have unfortunately confirmed the doubts I was having. Dragon Age Inquisition was marred by MMO-style busywork side quests and so apparently is Mass Effect Andromeda. Don't think I'll be buying this at full price.

I'm glad I read that as it has stopped me rushing out to buy the game on release even with the back catalogue that I have to play.
I will still get the game as I loved the original trilogy. I want to focus on Horizon ZD and its about time I finished the Witcher 3 as well.

The Mass Effect Trilogy was one of my favourites of all time. However i can't get the enthusiasm up for this new release. Times have moved on and i have been desensitised by VR, where having just played RE7 in VR , normal games on the TV seem a bit bland now.